Speaking of the quiz :), here is the study guide I handed out in class:
Westward
Expansion Study Guide
Terms/People/Places-for
each you must know who they were or how to define it, why they are SIGNFICANT
and how to spell the item
Manifest Destiny – John O’Sullivan
American Progress by John Gast
Moses and Steven Austin
Samuel Houston
Westward Expansion
Tejas
Republic of Texas
Annexation
The Alamo
Gen. Santa Anna
James K. Polk
Sectionalism
Missouri Compromise
36 30 line
Map
Identification---Be able to fill out the expansion map for all
sections. In other words, be able to identify them and how we obtained all land
up through Texas statehood.
Chronology:
Know the order of the following events: U.S. gains Louisiana Purchase, U.S.
obtains Florida; Mexican independence from Spain; Texas Independence from
Mexico; Annexation of Texas;
Questions to Study
·
What is Manifest Destiny and why did it take
hold over the U.S. in the mid-1800’s? What are the many driving forces, or
reasons, for why Manifest Destiny is an idea that is popular with many
Americans during this time?
·
When, why, and how did the United States expand
to control land from coast to coast (at this point to Texas)?
·
What were differing views on the Annexation and
why?
·
How does Mexico feel as they look at what is
happening to Tejas/Texas in the 1820s-1830s-1840s?
